U.S. News & World Report has released their survey of the best diets of 2013. A panel of experts who are specialists in fields such as nutrition, diabetes, heart health, human behavior and weight loss were asked to rate 32 of the most popular diets of 2013.

The panel evaluated the diet on the basis of safety, nutrition, short and long term weight loss, and ease.

Would you like to know the winners?

First Place: DASHThe DASH diet was developed by the US government to fight high blood pressure. To find out more about DASH, you may read the brochure from the US government here.

Second Place: TLCThe TLC diet, or Therapeutic Lifestyle changes, was created by the National Institutes for Health to improve cholesterol levels. For more information, go here.